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Category M Quarter2 2010-11
Clopidogrel price plummets
Dr Allan Tennant reports
21st of June 2010
There are now 443 products in Category M with 11 products being added and two being removed.
There is a high volume drug- Losartan which has fallen in price by 70% as it enters Category M and a low volume high cost drug- Ropinirole.
Gabapentin 300mg is reimbursed from 1st of July at £4.99, but my practice was charged £19.10 this week. You can mark the prescription NCSO as you can for Nizatidine 300mg capsules, see NCSO endorsements
The high volume high cost Clopidogrel fell in price by £5.77 or 53% to £5.13.
308 products rose in price.
7 products saw no price change.
128 products fell in price.
In general it was the more expensive products costing more than £4 that saw prices fall whilst cheaper products saw prices rise.
Additions
Lercanidipine 10mg tablets
Lercanidipine 20mg tablets
Losartan 100mg/Hydrochlorothiazide 25mg tablets
Losartan 100mg tablets
Losartan 25mg tablets
Losartan 50mg/Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg tablets
Ropinirole 1mg tablets
Ropinirole 250microgram tablets
Ropinirole 2mg tablets
Ropinirole 500microgram tablets
Ropinirole 5mg tablets
Removals
Chloramphenicol 1% ointment
Diltiazem 60mg tablets m/r 84 pack size